In addition to maintaining a computer network for Internet access to school districts and libraries in the U.S. state of Missouri.
[1][2][3] In 1991, Missouri's four-year public colleges expressed the desire to connect to the NSFnet, a precursor to today's internet.
Growth was rapid, by 2002, they connected 509 Missouri public school districts, 64 higher education institutions and 125 tax-supported libraries.
1991: Organization Formed for higher ed primarily to share research electronically 1993:A pilot project with Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to include 100 K-12 school districts to include internet connection (which at the time was still an interesting, but unproved concept) as well as hands-on training and technical consultation 1995: The Missouri Secretary of State secured $500,000 for shared online resources available to the entire MOREnet consortium 1997: The MOREnet backbone increased to 45 Mbit/s, which was 30 times faster than the 1993 service 1999: The MOREnet backbone increased to 155 Mbit/s, enabling full-scale interactive video services 2003: The MOREnet backbone increased to 622 Mbit/s 2009: The MOREnet backbone was migrated to a fiber-optic infrastructure to support 10 Gbit/s (10,000 Mbit/s) capacity 2013: Awarded nearly $1 million in grant funding to 3 members for projects designed over a 3-year period to improve outcomes through the adoption of new technologies and STEM based activities, visual learning, business continuity and disaster recovery.
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